Elon Musk designed an all-electric jet in his free time

If Elon Musk was not already running Tesla and SpaceX he might take up another big project: creating an electric jet. In fact, when asked during a recent Marketplace interview what Musk would be doing if Tesla didn’t exist, he revealed that he already has a design for such an aircraft ready to go. “I do like the idea of an electric aircraft company. I think one could do a pretty cool supersonic, vertical, take-off and landing electric jet. That would be really fun… I have a design in mind for that,” he said. “Then of course there is the Hyperloop, I’d probably be working on that,” he casually added. This is not the first time Musk has mentioned that he is interested in this kind of project. During another recent interview with CNN Money, Musk said that the “ideal, long distance transportation mechanism is a supersonic, vertical take-off and landing electric jet.” Musk told Marketplace that excluding rockets, he believes one day all vehicles will be electric, so he thinks it’s a promising venture.